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Graphene in AWE          Most recent edit:Thursday, 25 October 2012

The aim of this folder is to track the potential and actual use of graphene in AWE. 
Members are invited to send furtherings: Notes@EnergyKiteSystems.net

Potential Actual
  • Laminate part for lifter kytoon
  • Batteries to store kite energy
  • Wing sail
  • Wing spars
  • Electrical system parts
  • AWE system anchor system parts, computer parts
  • Tethers
  • IntroVideo
  • Generator parts
  • June 4, 2011, in AWE:   M3680
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanofabrics
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Camouflage
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphene
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphane
  • http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-04/new-graphene-material-paper-thin-and-ten-times-stronger-steel
     
  • University of Technology at Sydney, Australia: "At UTS: Based on preliminary research done at the University of Wollongong, a UTS research team supervised by Professor Guoxiu Wang has developed methods to improve the mechanical properties of graphene, a carbon-based material that can be made as thin as paper and ten times stronger than steel. This material has the potential to be used to make lighter and stronger cars and planes that use less fuel, generate less pollution, are cheaper to run and ecologically sustainable.”
     
  • Dr. S.S. Verna : http://www.efymagonline.com/pdf/Graphene-Electronics_Feb11.pdf       February, 2011.
    • "It is almost completely transparent, yet so dense that not even helium (the smallest gas atom) can pass through it." Dr. S.S. Verna
       
    • "It makes use of the wave nature of particles to generate electronic waves due to electron diffraction instead of electron diffusion. So the particles need not move and the energy is transferred in the form of waves." Dr. S.S. Verna
       
    • "Ultracapacitors. Due to the incredibly high surface-area-to-mass ratio of graphene, its one potential application is in the conductive plates of ultracapacitors. Graphene could be used to produce ultracapacitors with a greater energy storage density than is currently available." Dr. S.S. Verna
       
    • "Strength applications. One atom thick sheet is not that tough, but when graphene sheets are incorporated into composites, you could come up with a material that’s many times stronger than Kevlar." Dr. S.S. Verna
       
  • (Received 20 November 2009; accepted 20 November 2010; published online 6 January 2011)  Advanced mechanical properties of graphene paper. J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014306 (2011); doi:10.1063/1.3528213 (6 pages)
     

  • A graphene paper sample. Photograph by Lisa Aloisio


     

     



     

     

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